Pancake Pantry

We visited Pancake Pantry for the first time on Father’s Day. We arrived around 8 am and were prepared to wait in a long line. Luckily, we didn’t have to! The people who arrived after 8:30 were not so lucky.
The food was pretty good. The famous Sweet Potato Pancakes were delicious. Fluffy, sweet, cinnamon-​y! The kiddie meal with 1 egg, 1 sausage or bacon, and 3 silver dollar pancakes was a good amount of food for the price ($ 4.50). The Steak and Eggs was okay. Minus one star for under-​seasoning both the steak and the eggs. Yes, there was salt, pepper, hot sauce, and steak sauce on the table, but a properly prepared, quality steak shouldn’t need any of that.
The Steak and Egg meal came with a very buttery grilled french bread and 3 buttermilk pancakes. 2 types of syrup given — cinnamon cream and a warm syrup. We couldn’t decide which syrup we liked better, so we used both!
Looking around the restaurant, a lot of people seemed to be enjoying the Pigs in a Blanket, French Toast, and Hash Browns. I’d like to come back and give these a try next time.

A stop we make every time in town! Staff is always friendly & helpful. Food is good! I love the cornmeal pancakes!
Restaurant always has a line out the door, no matter the time of day. If you’re in a hurry, this isn’t the spot for you.

After hearing so much about this place, we just had to stop in during our recent trip to Nashville. On a Wednesday morning around 11am, the wait was close to 30 minutes. We didn’t mind since we were expecting pancake greatness. We ordered banana nut cakes and eggs/​toast with a side order of chocolate chip pancakes. Overall, the pancakes were fine, but nothing to write home about. The banana nut came with about 5 pancakes through they were quite small and thin and not very filling. The chocolate chip just had a few mini chips on top, but none inside. The waitress had to return back to the table twice after me asking to order a Diet Coke because she kept forgetting my drink order. When I got it, it tasted a little funny. The water also tasted funny, so I didn’t drink much.
I’m glad we went to say we did it, but I probably wouldn’t pick to go back. I’m sure Nashville has other good breakfast eateries.

I say Pancake Pantry is worth a visit for delicious pancakes!
We were told there is always a line for this well known spot. We went at approximately 9:30 on a Friday morning, waited in line and were seated by approximately 10.
Their menu offered traditional breakfast options, inlets, waffles, sandwiches and about 20 varieties of pancakes.
I ordered the sweet potato pancakes (one of the restaurants staples) and they were devine– light but full of flavor.
This little restaurant is bustling– people in and out. Prices are reasonable (approx $ 8-​$ 15 per entrée). Our service was acceptable but not over the top friendly.

Average, overrated betty crocker outfit. Why this place gets so many visitors is beyond me. They treat you like a ticket and want to turn tables. they don’t care about people.
VERY AVERAGE

I had no idea I had to travel from Chicago to Nashville to eat the best pancakes I’ve ever had. My boyfriend ordered the sweet potato pancakes and I ordered the chocolate chips pancakes with a bacon, cheese, green pepper, and onion omelette. The omelette was so cheesy and it was served with an extra slice of bacon on top, in addition to the bacon that was chopped up inside of the omelette. Our two year old son is picky, so we ordered cold cereal for him, which I don’t usually see at breakfast restaurants, so that was a plus.
When we arrived, the line was outside of the door. We waited 30 minutes to be seated, but it was worth it and people moved in and out of the restaurant pretty quickly. If you’re in Nashville looking for a breakfast spot, be sure to stop here.

Pancake Pantry seemed very average. The pancakes were the best!!! They have an interesting flavor that puts them at the top of anyone’s list. The omelets are also excellent, but a bit on the expensive side.
Service was also excellent, but the cooks need to be replaced. An order of crispy bacon came out limp, eggs ordered «over hard» came out runny, and bad black spots on the potatoes that were not cut out turned my opinion of an otherwise enjoyable serving of hash browns into a wonderment of «Do the cooks even care?»
Ditto for the custodial help. As I washed my hands in the restroom, I advised the person adding paper in the towel dispenser that «As a heads up, you guys need to turn down the water pressure on the toilet. It sprays water all over the seat.» His reply was, «I don’t know how to do that.»

When I first visited Nashville, I asked my friends for recommendations of where I needed to go. Besides the obvious tourist attractions, the one reoccurring place I was told to eat was The Pancake Pantry.
I wanted to see what the big hubbub was about so I planned it into my trip. Needless to say, I was not disappointed.
After a night of overindulging with alcohol, this was the perfect hangover spot with delicious breakfast food. After a short wait (I got lucky I was told), I wasn’t sure what to get due to their extensive menu. At the end of the day, I went their most orders items since the masses can’t be wrong. I ordered the sweet potato pancakes with the hash browns and sweet tea.
Once I tasted my food, I understood why everyone raved about this place. While I’m not the biggest breakfast person, this food was excellent. Their special cinnamon syrup complimented the sweet potato pancakes perfectly.
So, next time you make a trip to Nashville, you must include Pancake Pantry on your places to eat. Or could regret it until your next trip.

A friend recommended that we try Pancake Pantry before we left Nashville, and it was a great recommendation! After some research I knew that a line was to be expected but our wait wasn’t too bad, we were seated within 30 min. The food was really good and well worth the wait.
Be warned, this place is very busy so be ready to wait not only for your seats but for the food to be prepared.

Do not be discouraged by the line! I came here on Monday morning so excited to try these pancakes I’ve been reading about on every Nashville travel blog. There is an employee who goes through the line and gets people seated efficiently. We waited for about fifteen minutes in the rain but it was so worth it. I ordered the Sweet Potatoes Pancakes with scrambled eggs. WOW. Best pancakes I’ve ever had. I would recommend any breakfast lover to come here and try these pancakes. It has a very mom and pop feel in the restaurant. Very inviting. Staff is very polite and fast. We were in and out before you know it with happy full tummys. It was great! Thank you!

Of all the places on my «must eat in Nashville» list, Pancake Pantry was my least anticipated joint because I don’t consider pancakes as a food that can wow me and because I am not a fan of sweet potatoes (the sweet potato pancake is their most popular item). Luckily, when I showed up on a Tuesday at around 9:30 AM, there wasn’t a long line so I didn’t have an excuse to go eat elsewhere. I’d say my group of three waited about 20 minutes tops to get seated (note: the line wasn’t around the corner yet, but quickly got to that point soon after).
Once we were seated, the prompt service began. The staff does a great job at being fast without making you feel unwelcome. We already knew what we wanted to order since we had a chance to glance at the menu while waiting so our order was placed immediately. My sisters and I decided to share sweet potato pancakes (5 pancakes in an order), sugar & spice pancakes (5 pancakes in an order), hash browns, and I ordered two eggs for myself.
Of the two pancakes, the sweet potato was surprisingly my favorite! This is quite the shocker considering the fact that I hate sweet potatoes. There wasn’t an overwhelming amount of sweet potato and it was topped with cinnamon, which accented the flavor perfectly. It is definitely one of the best flavored pancakes I’ve had. The sugar & spice pancakes were good as well, but I think I would have enjoyed them more if there had been more spices present in the batter. The pancakes have a great consistency as well; no complaints there! Be sure to use both the maple syrup and the cinnamon cream syrup (separately) to top the pancakes. They went well with both of the pancake flavors and I honestly could not decide which one I liked more so I kept alternating between the two. There really isn’t much to say about the eggs and hash browns, they are pretty standard.
If you show up and there appears to be a ridiculously long line outside, just be assured that it’ll move faster than you would expect due to the efficient staff, freezing interior (it’s so cold inside that you won’t want to stay once you’re done eating!), and the fact that most people have already looked at the menu while waiting. I definitely recommend you stick out the wait if it’s an hour or less because these are some top notch pancakes! However, if the wait is longer than that, I recommend coming back at a different time for the experience. Despite how much I loved the pancakes, over an hour is still a bit much in my opinion.
In the end, what started out as my least anticipated spot ended up being one of the more memorable meals I had in Nashville. I definitely recommend tourists and locals alike try out the pancakes here, especially the sweet potato ones!

Pancake Pantry is worth the wait! We were in line for about 30 minutes but loved our experience. I ordered the sweet potato pancakes which came with homemade cinnamon syrup – yuuuum! My friend asked our waitress for a recommendation between the raspberry pancakes and Chocolate Sin pancakes. She recommended one of each! The menu doesn’t say you can mix and match, but we definitely recommend it! My favorite was the raspberry.
These pancakes melt in your mouth. They are so fluffy and light. Pancake Pantry has perfected the density and flavor combinations of their pancakes. Don’t miss this restaurant!

By the time I ate here I started to realize that lines are a great thing. They equal amazing food. Like many other places, a long line doesn’t mean a long wait. The wait probably wasn’t more than 20mins. One inside, the restaurant has a diner feel. I have ever had an issue before on deciding which type of pancakes to order, because I have never been faced with so many choices. I tried the sugar and spice and the hash and they were both soooo good! I just wish they had a sampler plate you could get and try like 4 types of pancakes. That is the only reason I don’t give 5 stars. But definite a wonderful place to eat and he kids would love it too!
Bonus– if you look around the restaurant they have photos from when the place first opened which are so cool to look at.

A seriously over rated pancake place. We waited over an hour in line to try this local place out. Had the Georgia peach pancakes. Honestly it tasted like box pancakes and canned peaches poured on top of it.
Coffee was Medicare. Service was slow and prices were ok.

This place is great. It really is. The décor isn’t fancy and they definitely «churn» the crowds in and out… the line is always around the corner… always.
But the pancakes are actually fantastic. Seriously. They have a bunch of very interesting varieties and I have never had a bad one, nor heard a bad thing about the ones I haven’t tried.
Its worth a visit.

This is one of those institutions.
Everyone loves it, everyone goes here.
It was fine. (I can hear the boos starting).
Nothing was bad, nothing was great.
Get there early. The line will probably already be out the door. It is after 8:30am? The line will already be around the corner and up the street.
You will be waiting. If you have more than 4 people, probably even longer.
The food is good. Came out in a decent amount of time (especially considering how busy they are, but I assume they are used to it. It wasn’t mind-​blowing or life-​changing (which is a bit how it was built up to me).
It was exactly what I needed after going out the night before, and it’s in a cool part of town that we walked around in after eating. I don’t know if it is worth the hype… or if it was just over-​hyped to me to get me to go.

Wow. My little brother recommended this one. I’m normally a savory breakfast guy, but who can say no to sweet potato pancakes.
I had never heard of sweet potato pancakes. I don’t think it’s a Yankee thing. It was their specialty so I had to give them a try. I also ordered a side of bacon to get something savory along with it. A big pile of pancakes came out with a special cinnamon cream syrup and some wimpy strips of bacon. Thank God they were small because the pancakes were filling.
I loved the sweet potato pancakes. They were rich and dense and moist. There was just a hint of that sweet potato flavor. For me, the highlight was the cinnamon cream syrup. It was so sweet and the cinnamon played off the potato flavor nicely. Although the bacon was just a couple small strips, it was smokey and salty and cut through the sweetness of the pancakes beautifully.
This was an awesome spot that everyone should check out.

My friend pointed this place out to me when I was visiting, and each time we drove by while it was open, there was always a line out the door. On my last day in Nashville, we decided to go. The line is long, but I felt that it moved along efficiently. If it were any colder outside I may have not thought it worth it, but it wasn’t too bad.
I ordered their french toast, because I wanted to compare it to my favorite french toast place back in DC. It ended up difficult to compare because the styles are so different. The french toast here was sweet, covered in powdered sugar, and a fun mess to eat. Not the best I’ve ever had, but I could see why the place was a solid institution in the town.

A lot of people say this place has the best pancakes in town and I’ve seen long lines during the weekend here all the time. My take?
I think it’s good, but not THAT good. As most people suggested here I went for the sweet potato pancakes (also happens to be my favorite kind of potato). They are delights to my taste buds for sure with the sweety and rich flavor from the sweet potato. Nothing special about the texture of the pancakes themselves though!
I give this place a 4 star still because of the HUGE portion. 5 huge pancakes for barely $ 8 is a pretty good deal right

Waited outside in line for about 45 minutes. We had about 9 people in our party, and they were able to get us seated about 10 minutes after we got to the front of the line.
I ordered the Sante Fe corncakes, and a side of eggs. The corn cakes are super filling, so I could have done without the eggs!
Service was good. The staff friendly. The food was pretty good, though I’m not sure I’d wait in line for an hour again. But, I’d definitely recommend trying it out!